I just got an ipad 2 as a gift this week. Its a late October 2011 build date, and it has the same slight light leakage on the left side. I'm keeping it. This isn't an issue apple will "fix" to everyone's satisfaction. It's the nature of lcd panel technology (crappy I know). The earlier ipad 2's I've seen on youtube showed excessive light bleed, but you'll find that most people see some light bleed on their ipad 2's in general. It's a lottery really.

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